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Opioids dull the sensation of pain in the brain and hijack the brain’s reward system ... The mind-altering properties of ...

Since 1999, the American opioid epidemic has killed more than half a million people, and the staggering majority have been ...

When a person—or a rat—takes an opioid such as fentanyl, it acts on the brain in two ways. The drug blocks the transmission ...

Majumdar, a professor of anesthesiology, explained in a Washington University press release that opioids dull the sensation of pain in the brain and hijack the brain's reward system, triggering ...

Researchers create a cannabis-derived compound that relieves pain without the risk of addiction or mind-altering effects.

This achievement leverages the pain-relieving properties of cannabis without inducing mind-altering side effects. The ...

The study, which was tested on mice, revealed that neurons in the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus, which controls appetite and metabolism, release natural opioids ... is a brain region ...

March 5 (UPI) --Researchers say they have reproduced the pain-relieving effects of cannabis with a synthesized compound that avoids the mind-altering, addictive qualities of the natural plant.